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Ernie Hudson says he was “pushed aside” in ‘Ghostbusters’ marketing: “It felt deliberate”

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Ghostbusters franchise.The actor, who played Winston Zeddemore alongside Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis in the 1984 sci-fi film, said the studio was not “inclusive” of his character in the film’s promotional materials.Speaking about joining the cast on The Howard Stern Show, Hudson said: “I was the guy who was brought in, and so finding my place in the middle of that – and they were all welcoming and inclusive.

The studio wasn’t, and the studio continued not to be. So it made it very, very difficult because I was a part of it but very selectively I was pushed aside.”He added: “When the posters came out, I’m not on the poster.

It took a long time. I went to the 30th anniversary release of the movie and all the posters are three guys. Now I know the fans see it differently, and I’m so thankful for the fans because the fans have basically identified with Winston, especially young, I don’t want to say minority kids, but a lot of kids.”Despite the huge success of Ghostbusters, produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film didn’t help boost his career until much later.“When you start out in the business, I was always told it’s almost impossible to succeed,” Hudson said. “But if you get in a major movie from a major studio and it comes out and it opens number one, it will change your career.

Well, Ghostbusters didn’t do any of that for me. I was working pretty nonstop. I did Ghostbusters and it was two and a half years before I got another movie.”He added: “It wasn’t an easy road.

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